Tartan Twist PA 2026


Date
Aug 29, 2026
City
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Venue

Carnegie Mellon University, Jared L. Cohon University Center

Address
University Center, 5032 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Details

Rangos Ballroom, Rooms 1 and 2

Contact
Organization team
Organizers
Chris Choi, Ganghui Lin (林刚辉), Larry Zhang (张荣洲), Leia Jiang, and Noah Kim
WCA Delegates
Gabriel Gowman, Leia Jiang, and Stephen Griggs
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Information

This competition is recognized as an official World Cube Association competition. Therefore, all competitors must be familiar with the WCA regulations. If you are new to competing, please refer to the Competitor Information tab.

Events
Main event
Competitors
53
Registration period

Online registration opened and closed .

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Highlights
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Fiona Bao won with an average of 7.44 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Xavier Ye finished second (8.20) and Gabriel Gowman finished third (8.79).

3x3x3 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Fiona Bao 6.08 7.44 United States 8.0210.006.088.076.22
2 Xavier Ye 7.72 8.20 United States 7.727.8210.777.828.97
3 Gabriel Gowman 8.53 8.79 United States 8.7710.379.008.538.59

4x4x4 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Ganghui Lin (林刚辉) 24.64 27.49 China 29.3624.6427.9027.9026.68
2 Fiona Bao 27.03 29.59 United States 30.9528.2629.5632.7327.03
3 Chris Choi 28.62 32.71 United States 40.4331.9137.1028.6229.13

5x5x5 Cube

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Noah Kim 50.28 54.20 Republic of Korea 55.1555.1259.9352.3250.28
2 Fiona Bao 53.08 55.34 United States 53.0855.3557.2153.4657.42
3 Ganghui Lin (林刚辉) 52.22 57.71 China 58.5858.8257.0457.5052.22

3x3x3 Blindfolded

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Leia Jiang 28.38 DNF United States DNFDNF51.5928.3834.34
2 Fiona Bao 54.64 DNF United States DNFDNFDNF54.64DNF
3 Oscar Shapiama 1:04.60 1:23.39 Peru 1:14.05DNF1:04.601:13.861:42.27

Pyraminx

# Name Best Average Representing Solves
1 Leland Pak 2.01 2.53 United States 2.132.01DNF3.352.12
2 Xavier Ye 2.10 2.59 United States 2.882.113.362.772.10
3 Gabriel Gowman 1.52 2.79 United States 4.732.741.523.332.31
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